It’s now 20% off for a VERY short time in celebration of our Version 2.0 launch. (Yes, it’s still a free update to everyone that already owns it!) The 20% sale price is good until Noon (EST) on August 30th (if you want it, now is a great time!). After the short-sale, we will be offering it at a “back to school” price for the entire month of September (%10 off)!

Yes, it does have a little “brother” for the iPhone. It’s called A.P.S. MusicMaster and you can find it directly here: A.P.S. MusicMaster on iTunes

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Now, back to the original question…So, what can one iPad Music App do for you as a Teacher or Director? Here is a short list of what A.P.S. MusicMaster Pro offers:

Main Screen:

Demonstrate the Circle of 5ths

Demonstrate the Circle of 4ths

Play Major Chords

Play Minor Chords

Play example chord progressions

Tuner:

Tune your band

Tune yourself

Demonstrate flat and sharp on the “big screen” with an easy to read (and elegant) tuner

Calibrate from A=420 to A=460 (explain calibration while your at it…)

Play pitches via the “pitch pipe”

Sing and match tuning pitches

Keep it on your podium and observe your group (it’s so BIG you can’t help but view it out of the corner of your eye)

Metronome:

Demonstrate time signatures

Demonstrate beat speeds

Recall up to 5 preset tempos

Hear it and See it

See it and NOT hear it

Audio Module:

Record yourself

Record your group

Record your conversations

Record at different qualities

Change your mic recording level to adjust for levels

E-mail your recordings

Upload them to Soundcloud

Share them with Twitter or Facebook

Play anything from your music library

Play anything you’ve recorded

Name your recordings or change the names

Stopwatch Module:

Time your piece

Time your set

Time your concert

Time your Marching Band show

Time how long you talk on the podium

Time how much you rehearse vs. how much you talk

Send a table of all of your timings to anybody (including yourself) via e-mail -complete with names and times

Glossaries:

Look up string fingering charts

Look up brass fingering charts

Read the A.P.S. MusicMaster Pro User’s Guide (there’s an idea!)

Find out common instrument ranges or transpositions

Look up common translations of musical terms

Browse the 40 PAS drum rudiments

View any of the glossaries in Landscape mode

Look up score orders

View hundres of pages of Music Theory (compliments of MusicTheory.Net)

Learn about Vocal ranges

Score PDF:

Store thousands of pages of music (or any other PDF document)

Categorize them into folders

Print them via AirPrint

Sort them by alphabet

Sort them by date

View them in list view

View them in thumbnail view

Markup any PDF with a pen

Markup any PDF with a highlighter

Store your forms and have your students sign them right on your iPad

Lock your documents, so you can’t mess up the important ones

Listen to your own audio files from the audio module or any in your music library while you browse your scores

E-mail your documents with or without changes that you’ve made

Bookmark your pages for quick review

Use quick-links to put in your 1st and 2nd endings

Use quick-links to mark your coda

Add annotations

Put your PDFs up on the “big screen” via air-mirroring AND use the built-in laser pointer to highlight interesting sections of your music

Erase, redo, and undo something

View your markings or choose not to view your markings with the eye-tool

Perform music directly off of your iPad and scan ahead with the quick-slider that shows a thumbnail preview of other pages

Import PDFs into Score PDF from just about everywhere including e-mail and Dropbox

Use it as a whiteboard (greenboard or any other color-board)

Calendar:

View your calendar(s) without leaving the program

Input dates in your calendar without leaving the program

Lookup your rehearsal schedule (without leaving the program…)

Internet Module:

Bookmark and recall URLs that you use in rehearsal

Save any PDF from a URL directly into Score PDF

Show anything on the Internet (without leaving the program)

Notes:

Take notes from any module in the program about whatever your working on (rehearsal notes)

E-mail your notes to anybody

…all this and I’m just scratching the surface!

This app was made by music teachers and directors for all musicians… not just for teachers or directors -it’s just as great for students as it is for professionals.

Feel free to let me know how you are using this amazing music app in the comment section below.

Joseph M. Pisano, Ph.D. is an industry innovator, education clinician and lecturer, trumpeter and conductor, and the creator of many education websites. He is currently the Vice President of Innovation and Engagement at Keystone Ridge Designs, Inc. After twenty-three years as a professor and administrator at Grove City College, he made the move into industry in 2018. As one of the youngest full professors in Grove City’s history, he served in various roles over his tenure including the Technical Director of the Pew Fine Arts Center, Assistant and Associate Chairs of Music and Music and Fine Arts, Director of Music and Fine Arts Technology, Director of Jazz Studies, Stage Manager, and he finished his tenure as the Director of Bands where he directed the college’s Symphonic Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Marching Band, Pep Bands, and various small ensembles.

He been named a TI:ME Teacher of the Year, received the JEN Jazz Educator Award, the PA Citation of Excellence, and named a “member for life” of the PA Intercollegiate Bandmasters Association. He is a past Vice President of the Technology Institute for Music Educators, an associate member of the American Bandmasters Association, a past President of the PA Intercollegiate Bandmasters Association, and a member of various education and music honoraries. He has written for numerous publications including DCI Magazine, Teaching Music Magazine, and was the Educational Editor for In-Tune Monthly Magazine for eight years; he has contributed hundreds of articles to various publications. He is an active conductor, trumpeter, clinician, and educator. Find out more at his website jpisano.com.

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